Crime & Safety

At-Risk Daly City Man Missing After SFO Arrival Found in Emeryville

Benito Segura-Jimenez, 76, arrived at the airport on Friday morning but was not there when his family went to pick him up.

By Bay City News Service

An elderly, at-risk Daly City man who went missing after arriving at San Francisco International Airport from Oregon on Friday was found safe today in Emeryville, San Mateo County sheriff's officials said.

Benito Segura-Jimenez, 76, arrived at the airport on Friday morning but was not there when his family went to pick him up, as they had arranged, according to the sheriff's office.

Sheriff's officials said he was last seen getting into a yellow taxi at the airport around 9:30 a.m. and was dropped off at the intersection of John Daly Boulevard and Mission Street in Daly City.

Segura-Jimenez suffers from dementia and schizophrenia and speaks Spanish, according to sheriff's officials.

The 76-year-old lives with his family in Daly City.

He was found safe today in Emeryville and was reunited with his family. Sheriff's officials have not disclosed how he came to be in Emeryville.

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